waste management and pollution control

• Business

Baltimore firm's plans delayed by opposition to industrial sludge in Va.

Synagro Technologies, a Baltimore-based waste management company, faces grass roots opposition to its application to spread industrial waste as fertilizer over farms in seven Virginia counties. As a result of the backlash, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality has delayed signing off on Synagro's plans.

• Harford

Regarding Harford's garbage collection policies [Editorial]

The state of affairs with regard to garbage collection and disposal in Harford County is one very much in need of organization, or we could find ourselves dealing with an unsavory situation.

• Harford

Changes in the works for Harford's trash collection system

Harford County public works officials say the cost of providing waste disposal and recycling services is projected to increase 24 percent during the next 10 years, and they are considering potential changes in how the current system operates, possibly to include a major shift in the arms-length relationship that has existed for decades with commercial waste hauling companies.

• Baltimore City Paper

How Clean Currents’ demise is going to cost you

• Opinion

Living near the dump [Editorial]

Baltimore County can and should do more to mitigate the negative effects of the Eastern Sanitary Landfill on neighbors, but it shouldn't cut their taxes.

• Opinion

Wind energy deserves study [Letter]

Promising wind energy merits further study to determine if the pros outweigh the cons

• Harford

Harford Board of Estimates approves waste transfer agreement between Harford, Baltimore counties

The members of the Harford County Board of Estimates recently approved the Municipal Solid Waste Disposal Agreement between Baltimore and Harford counties

• Baltimore County

Harford, Baltimore counties enter agreement on trash collection

Baltimore and Harford counties have struck a deal on trash collection they say will benefit taxpayers in both places.

• Harford

Harford council approves trash disposal deal with Baltimore County

In approving legislation Tuesday that seals the plan to ship the bulk of the county's trash to Baltimore County for disposal, the Harford County Council also voted to remove a potential loophole that could have revived a controversial proposed transfer station in Joppa.

• Opinion

Nuclear is the greenest energy

Nuclear is more reliable, efficient and green than solar and wind

• Harford

Harford's Craig announces new waste disposal deal with Baltimore County

Joppa area residents will not have to deal with the headache of having a waste transfer station practically in their backyards, thanks to an agreement between Baltimore and Harford counties to transport solid waste to a Baltimore County landfill.

• News

Eastern Shore wind project confronts eagles, Navy

A wind power project proposed on the lower Eastern Shore that's struggling to overcome objections from the Navy has a new, airborne worry — bald eagles.

• Laws and Legislation

Harford Executive David Craig's 2013 State of the County Address

The following is the complete text of Harford County Executive David Craig's 2013 State of the County Address delivered at the Harford County Council legislative session on Tuesday, Feb. 5:

• Baltimore County

Baltimore County curbside collection of Christmas trees now under way

Residents should remove all decorations before putting trees out

• Environmental Issues

Councilman still lobbying to keep Joppa transfer station out of Harford waste plan

The latest tactic to prevent Harford County government from building and operating a trash transfer station on Route 7 in Joppa, on the property that was once home to a miniature golf operation, is to persuade the county executive and his administration to not include the site in a forthcoming update of the county's solid waste management plan.

• Entertainment

Michele's Granola grows from kitchen hobby into crunchy success

Timonium bakery Michele's Granola, founded by Michele Thornett, now churns out 1,500 bags a day.

• Harford

Bel Air announces holiday trash pickup schedule

The Town of Bel Air has announced changes to its trash and recycling pickup schedules during the upcoming holiday weeks.

• Thanksgiving

Closings, trash schedules for Thanksgiving

County offices will be closed and no refuse collections will be made in Prince George's, Howard and Anne Arundel counties on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 22.

• Health

The basics of newborn skin care

Johns Hopkins pediatric dermatologist answers questions about newborn skin conditions such as diaper rash, cradle cap and erythema toxicum

• Environmental Issues

Editorial: Comprehensive and transparent solution to Harford's garbage problem is needed

None of this means private hauling operations and disposal facilities won't be a part of the solution to Harford County's looming garbage disposal problem; indeed Guthrie's proposal is one that might end up being part of the solution.

• Baltimore County

County says to keep uncollected trash outside, or bring it to dump

County officials said this week that as residents put out for collection large amounts of storm-related debris and spoiled foods from recent severe weather and power outages ...

• Road Transportation

Letter: It's not about party affiliation

When was the last time you saw an elected official make a decision based solely on what is best for his or her constituents? It isn't something one sees often, especially in today's political atmosphere where only party affiliation matters, not the issue at hand or how detrimental or beneficial the outcome may be to the public.

• Budgets and Budgeting

APG officials tell council members Harford pulled out of incinerator deal

Darlington/Dublin community discusses transfer station at town hall meeting

• Environmental Issues

Forum on solid waste management set for Feb. 28

WESTMINSTER — The Board of County Commissioners will host a forum this week on the county's solid waste disposal needs.

• Education

After two years, Baltimore County's single-stream recycling program collecting momentum

Two years in, Baltimore County's single-stream recycling program has proved largely successful for the county, with…

• Business

Critics of Constellation merger call for bigger consumer benefit

Constellation Energy Group and Exelon Corp. promised to build new power plants in Maryland and a new downtown Baltimore headquarters building, but critics of the merger insist the two companies must also double a rate credit for utility customers to $200.

• Politics and Government

Firms with interests in Md. pour cash into DGA

• News

Wind energy plans pose challenge to Navy testing

Plans to develop wind energy on the Eastern Shore are arousing the concern of officials at Naval Air Station Patuxent River.

• Opinion

The merger's green lining

A major investment in Maryland-based renewable energy stands to be extracted from the proposed merger of Constellation and Exelon

• Business

Constellation, Exelon chiefs testify before PSC

Constellation Energy Group CEO Mayo A. Shattuck III defends the Baltimore company's plans to sell itself to Chicago-based Exelon Corp. before Maryland energy regulators.

• Opinion

O'Malley's slipping grades on the environment

Latest study finds Maryland has gone too far in promoting trash incinerators as a form of renewable energy

• Business

O'Malley administration: Commission should reject Constellation-Exelon deal

• Maryland

Howard to begin food scraps recycling pilot program

Howard County residents will soon add banana peels, egg shells and even old pizza boxes, in addition to bottles and cans, to their recycling through a new county collection program starting in September.

• Environmental Issues

Local 'clean' economy growing, but not as fast as nation's

The Baltimore region's "clean" economy — green energy, pollution-reduction services and the like — accounts for nearly 23,000 jobs but is not growing as strongly as clean industries nationwide, according to a new report.

• Opinion

Environmental groups wrong on waste-to-energy plants

WTE plants should be part of any comprehensive strategy of solid waste management

• Opinion

Waste-to-energy is backed by science

Incinerator opponents overlook environmental benefits of turning waste into electricity

• Opinion

Green energy vs. oil

The U.S. must invest in green energy sources to remain a contender in the global marketplace

• Opinion

Why the long lines to dump old paint?

Baltimore has plenty of household hazardous waste but not enough ways to dispose of it.

• Baltimore City Paper

Keeping Tabs On The City Council's Activities So You Don't Have To